La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XCIII-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XCIII-703 - Establishment of Priorities through the Allocation of Support Fund Monies within Constitutional Categories

A. The board shall establish its annual priorities for the expenditure of support fund monies by allocating a specific dollar amount and/or a specific percentage of the total support fund monies appropriated for any fiscal year to one or more of the categories of educational programs eligible to receive support fund monies, as follows:

1. to provide compensation to city or parish school board or postsecondary vocational-technical professional instructional employees;

2. to insure an adequate supply of superior textbooks, library books, equipment, and other instructional materials;

3. to fund exemplary programs in elementary, secondary, or vocational-technical schools designed to improve elementary, secondary, or vocational-technical student academic achievement or vocational-technical skills;

4. to fund carefully defined research efforts, including pilot programs, designed to improve elementary and secondary students academic achievement;

5. to fund school remediation programs and pre-school programs;

6. to fund the teaching of foreign languages in elementary and secondary schools; and

7. to fund an adequate supply of teachers by providing scholarships or stipends to prospective teachers in academic or vocational-technical areas where there is a critical teacher shortage.

B. In establishing annual priorities for the expenditure of support fund monies, the board may specify types of educational programs or projects which shall receive preference for funding. For example, the board may elect to give preference in the award of support fund monies, within the constitutional category of exemplary programs, to exemplary projects designed to reduce drop-outs.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XCIII-703

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 38:3144 (December 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with La. Const. Art. VII, § 10. 1, R.S. 17:7.3, and R.S. 17:3801.